Program Administrator
Job Description
Position Overview
Sarah Lawrence College seeks a part-time Program Administrator to join the Joan H. Marks Graduate Program in Human Genetics. The program is the nation's oldest and largest training program in genetic counseling and has trained more genetic counselors than any other program in the world. The program continues to evolve and innovate the training and education of genetic counselors.
The Program Administrator will be a key member of the program who will provide crucial administrative support. They will work with and support the program's staff, faculty, and students. This position will routinely handle confidential, timely, and sensitive information with the utmost discretion.
The Program Administrator is a part time (18 hours/week) position. Workdays and hours are flexible and can be arranged based on the applicant's preferences and the manager's needs within regular business hours.
Essential Duties Summary
Key responsibilities include:
- Handling phone and email inquiries
- Disseminating large-scale communications to the appropriate parties
- Managing the program calendar
- Meeting and event management
- Interacting with various college offices and processes
- Budget management and financial record keeping
- Handling student registration
- General office management
- Other tasks as assigned
Required Qualifications
Minimum qualifications include:
- A bachelor's degree or higher
- Two years of experience providing administrative support; experience providing administrative support in a college setting preferred
- Excellent organizational, multitasking and problem-solving skills
- Experience with financial processes and expense tracking preferred
Preferred Qualifications
Posting Number: S00472P
Open Date:
Close Date:
Open Until Filled: No
Salary: $26,000
Special Instructions to Applicants
To apply, visit https://slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2587
Organization
Sarah Lawrence is a prestigious, residential, coeducational liberal arts college. Founded in 1926 and consistently ranked among the leading liberal arts colleges in the country, Sarah Lawrence is known for its pioneering approach to education, rich history of impassioned intellectual and civic engagement, and vibrant, successful alumni. In close proximity to the unparalleled offerings of New York City, our historic campus is home to an inclusive, intellectually curious, and diverse community.
Talented, creative students choose Sarah Lawrence for the opportunity to take charge of their education. In close collaboration with our dedicated, distinguished faculty, students create a rigorous, personalized course of study, conduct independent research, and connect a wide array of disciplines. They graduate knowing how to apply the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking necessary for life after college.
Sarah Lawrence College occupies 44 wooded acres in Yonkers, NY, near the Village of Bronxville—just north of New York City. A 30-minute train ride from the Bronxville station takes students into Midtown Manhattan.
In addition to our round-table classrooms, Sarah Lawrence has outstanding theatres, art and performance studios, and music spaces; modern science labs; state-of-the-art graphic computing equipment; competitive sports facilities; a 60,000-square-foot visual arts center; and recently renovated dining facilities.
Our students are men and women who share an enthusiasm for intellectual rigor, academic risk taking, creativity in all disciplines, and original and interdisciplinary work. We are particularly committed to having our faculty, administration, and student body reflect the social, racial, and economic diversity that characterizes our society. The College's 1,377 undergraduate students come from nearly every state and from 53 countries; 84 percent of undergrads live on campus.
At Sarah Lawrence, students spend more time one-on-one with award-winning faculty than do students at any other college in the country.
Working At Sarah Lawrence College
As a Sarah Lawrence employee, you will join a warm, challenging, and diverse community that offers both quality of life advantages and tangible, valuable employee benefits.
When you work at Sarah Lawrence, you:
- Receive outstanding benefits, such as medical, dental, and vision plans that exceed the standard plans offered by many companies and institutions, and an exceptional retirement plan through TIAA-CREF.
- Have unparalleled educational opportunities, such as tuition benefits on campus for employees, their spouses, and their children; discounted tuition to the College's renowned nursery school; and tuition benefit programs for dependent children who attend other colleges.
- Have continuous opportunities for advancement, as it is College policy to fill vacancies by promotion or transfer whenever possible.
- Enjoy boundless cultural experiences, including readings, lectures, music, theater, film screenings, dance performances, art exhibitions, and a state-of-the-art library, free to employees.
- Have free access to the 48,000-square-foot Campbell Sports Center, with a six-lane pool, modern weight/fitness training center, squash courts, gymnasium, indoor track, outdoor tennis courts, and fitness classes, open to employees seven days per week.
- Have several on-campus options for meals, plus off-campus discounts at local restaurants and stores.
- Work in a convenient location close to all major highways, easily accessed from the Metro-North Harlem line, and 35 minutes from mid-town Manhattan.
- Enjoy free parking on campus, a 10% discount at the college bookstore.
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